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TH; fe'DAV StOEMtiG, N'trmUr lltb, Ii“I.

To CoaaMfrwnrwTS.—Having es-apedat last the labor and the turxoil of parti-san politics, w* would now remind ourcorrespond eat* in different sections of thecounty, that onr column* art open to theirfavors, and that original contributions onall subjects, not personal or sectarian, willIs gratefully aeoapted.

Tnn PottncsL Orrioc.—B*w thatth# smoke of the lata political battle in anrcoanty ha cleared away, th* deal beenburied, and tb* maimed disposed of, tb*question occurs, what has Uen accomplish,•d and decided by tb contest ? Beforeentering, however, upon this inquiry. **werise to remark” that we never before knewof a sharply contested election the resultof which was not sung or celebrated bysomebody. In the present affair and upri prevent writing, not a cheer or aquaver hae disturbed any tnan'n slumber.The convention men, of course, are sad-ly out of tunc aud mock inclined to si-lence. This waa to hare been expected.But the triumphant independent* are alsoat fault with their music and are of gravean I glf.viiny countenance. Can it he thatour friends have been just a little too suc-cessful ? And the radicals, too. They,also, are of sorrowful aspect and resemblemuch-afflicted mourners at a funeral.—What can be their grief? We know notand we insist upon nothing—except thatwe never before knew of a sharply con-tested election the result of which waa notanng or celebrated by somebody.

But the question occur*, what has beenaccomplished and decided hy the late com-bat ? The alienation of democrat fromdemocrat, the breaking of or party intohostile factions—this much has certainlybeen accomplished. How long this stateofaffairs willoontinn*. nobody can nowtell. We know that it ought not to eon-tinn# for twonty-four hours, hut we don’tknow that it msy not continue for yearsand result in the gravest calamities to ouraainty. Nevertheless, w* still hop* fortka best. The presidential aleetion of’72• ill necessarily bring n ones mors to-gether. Existing asperities will then hareloat much of their present bitterness andwill bare become toned down into some-thing like moderation. I* it expectingtoo much to hop that th* independentmembers of oar party may then be able torealise the danger from division and thenecessity for union, and may have thecourage and the public virtue to retracetheir steps before the present schism ia ourparly has bad time to ripon into perms-ent estrangement 7 We certainly hop*•o. With regard to conventions for pur-pose* of local nomination, that questionbaa been settled, at leart for years to•**•.*°d nettled ajointi conventions— .Bat tome system of party concentrationIs absolutely necessary to recover pow-er from, and keep onr eountv out of,radical bands. This ia acknowledgedkj wery body. I* there any system thatws can all agree upon and which we will*ll sfW tc and )unoy ahi,!e fy whenwe hare agreed npoo it? The real diffi-culty is not al*ut the system—almost anybody can suggest that—but about politi-es!/uVA and honor. When we all makenp our mind* to respect party aa we would !private obligation, and when we can per-aunds each other that we mean to do it.than the main, indeed, the only difficultywill have been overcome, and then andnot till then willwc be able to do with-

out radical aid in the procuration of•Cau.

Fathir BotS — This gentleman. whom iJmliifiito lecture in our town on

Panda? last. was prevented. we learn, fromfUfllling Lis engagement by order* fromki* ceclrsiastieal superior*, calling him toattend and assist certain missionaries ofthe Oat belie church who hare lately ar-r***dfrom Knglaod and who propose toeoUbiish a permanent mission for the ben-eit of the blacks of oar Slate, near Brr-nntown in Charles count?. The missionwas inaugurated by the Pope. and Arch-bishop Spalding has donated sixty acresof good land near Bryantown, with anample house, formerly used as an acade-my. in aid of the work. The priests, whonr# to commence the labor, are four in¦•“ her. we learn, are members of St.Jeorpb a Society for Foreign missions, andcontemplate establishing schools for blackchildren wherever it is practicable. Themental improvement and spiritual welfare

the blaeka will be apeoialitica of the imiaaiun.

TattiMitivs Day.—The Governor ofthe Stale baa appointed Fbarsdoy, theSOtb of tbc month, aa a day of thanksgiv-ing end praise -to Almighty God, tbc;Giver of all good, for tbc counties* Me*, j"*|*bounteously bestowed on us.” The 'Any. as is nsnal. willbo devoted, we sup-pose. to religions worship in nil tboebnrcbes. and will be observed aa a gen- ;•ral h.iKJ: v.

L.uuuiiav —TheScn-ateofMarjbJ wbwU of mm Ba—terfrom each of tle twruty-two e>mties ofthe Slat* and throe from Baltimore city,making twenty-fire in ail. Twelve Sena-•w ntor fr**m the lest I^fivlilorf.

I though the death of Senator Maddox da-

i ring the int*riareduce* the number this

| term t eleven. and nee mi toted an elre-(lion to fill the vacancy in St. Mary's. The

1 following iaa list of the Senators haN iogover for two jean :

Allegany County—Alfred Spates.Baltimore City—Second dirt., Henry

Snyder.Caroline County—Daniel Fields.Cecil County—-John K. Miller.Charlee County—Bernes Compton.Dornberter County—Daniel M. Henry.Harford Coanty—Was. H. Stephenson.Montgomery County—Was. O Sod man.Prisoa George's County—Gao. W. Wil-

son.

Talbot County—Charles K. Jump.Woreeater County—W. Timmons.The following are the Senators Just

elected, all of them Democratic Conserra-tirae. except Dr. Lew is H. Steiner, theSenator elect af Traderick county :

Anna Arundel Cennty—Win. H. Tack.BaltimoreCity-lst diat., Jno. H Blake;

3rd diet.. laeae M. Dec son.Baltimore County—T. Sturgis Darin.Calrert County—Henry William*.Carroll County—John K. Lengwell.Frederick Coanty—Dr. Lewis H. Stein-

er. (republican.)Howard County—John Lea Carroll.Kent County. ¦¦George W. Spencer.Queen Anne’s County—Jaa. T. Eirlc.St. Mary's County—James S. Downs.Somerset County—George R. Dennis.Washington Coanty—Z. 8. Clsggett.Wicomico Coanty—Andrew. J. Craw-

ford.The Hons* of Delegates is composed of

82 members. Tb* Democrats bare 70members, including 2 Independent Dem-oerste from St. Mary's. The Republicanshare 12 members elect, rit: sin Fred-erick. 4 in Allegany and 3 in Washing,ton. Tb* following is n list of tbt dele-gate* elected :

Allegany County—Dr. G. E. Porter.John Colee, Charles Toung and JasperRobinette, Republicans.

Anne Arundel —Dr. Eli J. Henkte, Dr.Rich. J. Dura! and Dr. George Wells.Democrats.

Raltimors CUy —Thomas MiCoaler.Thomas H. Hamilton, John H. Cooper, jCharles R. Hamilton. Lawis A. Jamart,J. Nelson Foster, John Staylor, Jr., Ma-jor Win. E. Stewart. John M. Trarars.Captain James L. Clark. Georg* Colton.George A. Kirk. Dr. K. J. Chairtr.James MeColgan, B. L. Hang. Wm. T.Marktsnd, George A. Feig and Major Eli-sa Griswold, Democrats.

Baltimore County—George Lilzinger,Samari T Shipley, Lewis Turner, andSylvester Ford. Democrats.

Calecrt C ounly—DrLewis O Sparrowand John T Bond. Democrat a.

Caroline—Dr Alex Hardcsatls and Wm• FI Deweese, Democrats.

Carroll—James H Steels, Lewis A JLamntt, Truvfen Polk and Harrison HLamott. Demoerata.

Cecil—Andrew J Pennington. JamesB orooms snd Levi R Mearns. Democrats.

Charles—Hon Frederick Stone and An-drew 0 Chapman. Democrats.

Dorchester—William T Vickers, JohnA L Radchffand Dr Washington A Smith,Democrat#.

Frederick—Lvcnrga* N Phillips. Chas; F Rows, Theodore C Dclapine, CharlesW Millerand Jonathan Roatzhan, Repub-lican*

Harford—J M Street. William Bald-win and Dr David Riley, Democrats.

Howard—Arthur P Gorman and Ed-ward Linthicnm, Democrats.

Kent—William B. Wilmcr and Janies IW Hart. Democrats.

Montgomery—Samuel Riggs, of R.,George W Hilton and O H P Clark, Dem-

, ocrats.

! Prince George’s—Henry TSeolt, Fred-I erick Sasser and Richard W W Bowie.Democrat*. i

Queen Anne’s—Dr Roderick W Eareck- jton and Rudd J* Ford, Democrats.

St Mary's—R Johnson Colton and John 1A Dunbar, Independent Democrats.

Somerset—Robert J Waller. Wm H !Roach and James W Dougherty. Demo- ;crate.

Talbot—William Ooldsborongh and Ro-bert R Butler. Demoerata.

Washington—Augusta# Young, Dem-ocrat. and Moses WLitton, Charles Ardin-ger and David H Newcomer, Republicans.

Wicomico—Joshua Johnson and Wil-liam J Langrell. Demoerata.

Worcester—Littleton P Franklin andDr John T Parker. Demoerata.

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Tea Uatuin fam -TW November cam-ber of this valuable agricultural moatbly ia re.eeivad, and ia as uaual replete with isterertagmatme ia every department ef agriculture, hor-ticulture, live dork. sad all eubjecw #f a kin-dred aatuta that nOl prove iaetructtve to thefarmer. A new year will nwmian ia January |aest, and tbr puklwbore premise to make curb :improvements ia its typography and liteentareas will farther commend it to the patronage e ttka agriculture: public tbrungboat the country.Itk puMlaked by S. Sands Mills A Co.. 1UWeet Pratt Street. Baltimore, at Ike low pricooTSI.M par annum, or St Ike u dak uf fee andupwards. W* kmrtllr commend It to ear ag-rioultaru? rende;* aa u ortbr their supper t. i

Bxixoc's Movtri.t Maozziuk roa Dzmaza.—December number of this popular maga-zine is oat and for salt at all the depots in thecountry. It is a rapital issue, and has morereading ofreal ealne and interest than anr pub-lication of its class in the country. No one canfail to be interested in "Ballou’s Magazine," forthe simple reason that the pchlishers cater to

the tastes of all, and not to one class alone, asmane serials do. Old and young can findamusement in Ballou's, and it is n<M of an ex.pensire kind either, for $1.50 secures it for ayear, aad.it is only 15 cents a number. TheDecember issue is rich and raried. as will beseen by the following list of contents:—"AChristmas Carol" Moscow. Russia“ Chris-tmas Rhymes "The Toucan and the Pelican;""The Port ofl.erwick. Scotland "New Black-friars Bridge. London " “With what Measureyo Mete;” "Somebody's Lore in the Years longagone;" "The Story of Elfland ;" "The BirdWitnesses;" Maadcvilte;'* "My Dead.” “Wasit a Dream?" "Oideon Bunker's Exile;" "AtChristmas;" "A agie Barbar's Captain;" “Com-bnry—A Christmas Tale;” "The Gipseys;"Our Young People's Story-Teller—"Guess : or.The Son of n Politician;" "Three Oort and aBoar;" "Mamma's Kisses;" "The Housekeep-er;” "Fscts sad Fancies "A NeighborlyWar" —Humorous 1Hast rations Now in thetime to start dabs far the new year. AddressThoams k Talbot. (I Congress Street, Boston.

The Schoalday Visitor Magazine, corneato aur table this month ia a "bras' new" drum,which fits its hsadasms form admirably. Iabet we never saw the Visitor look so well dres-sed before, which b saying a good deal; whileIks contents are Mlt up to its external appear-ance, ia their attraction. Tbs tarns are tsfyfI.SO a year, cheap saoogh hr everybody.—Seed a green stamp to tbs pahHshsrs. 3. W.Paaghaday k Co., Philadelphia, Pa., fee a spe-cimen aamhrr. sad the "tools" to arc in fe*m*

iaf a rlah.

?*•** ***l *•- 1Tiatiii ha* dfjr Wswnag art tries am Rrrak-iag of AlhhnaiynkiA fwltstl* ffuuh-yVnsymwl, FummCMw. Sierra and Drustghto*e. Mange In Mile. Asms for Farm and Ag-rtrnltnral PsrMgflw Laboring Van's Fie,

Fowltrv TadfoShesp, The Establishment of*******S***, mkf as a M. flow to sawFood. On the BHWwg and Rearing of pigs.Caroof Farm sw|Chrt Rovms, Oo the diseasesIncident to Swim. Jt*w Method of Home SW***• Iwpeovod Batov 9torh. Ac. he This¦oathly Anil ho iw the haada of everyFarmer, asit owtaosste $1.04 a year, and thepropilstus Arfitlact three aambers of thia

Addnzs I. P. Boyar A Co, Porkoo-hwrf Pa.

A Chat Prams ui ¦¦ tanwan.-'Thooghmav. at first gtsais. seem almost inerednlows.

itis a tact that owe of the largest publishing ea-•eroriwi ever fairs fi of. is being carried oowith the grease* sou ms. Hr Meson K. C. Alton

i A <*•.. Angusta, Maine It is held hv them thati (her ran eewdort hweioam more ecooomicaltrI at that place thaw from a larger city, aad surely

j then* words are proved by the subscription pri-. ret of their pnMiration*, which are really thirty-' three and one-third per rent, cheaper than thorni charged hv other publishers for similar papers,i Messrs Alloa A Co. have, from tin very start,showed the greatest eocrgv in starting and pusb-

. ing their pa pm. It to only two rears since they' launched forth thoir firm pnhlicarion. The I’to-

e iLiterary Companion, and of the first nutn-thoy printad tkrer hundred thousand copies,

i for gratuil*tion. and also spent near-j ly lIDC.nMralWffiiißi It through newspa-pers. The result was immediateand grand. Sub-scription* flowing in throogh the agents, whowere emplorcd in all par's of the country, bythe thousand, dailv. The people everywhereseemed to appreciate the real merits ofthe paperand the low subscription price, and thousands,thinking thev could not afford two Hterarr pa-pers. discontinued those that thev were taking,and subscribed for The Companion. For tworears The People’s Litcrarr Companion was con-tinued as a monthly pnblica’ion. and at onetime attained the enormous circulation of eighthundred and fiflr thousand copies. It is nowpublished weekly, and is meeting with greatersuccess than ever. Though its illustrations arefiner and more taaty than those of the tbrce-dol-lar weeklies, and its reading matter of thegreatest interest in all its departments, the sub-scription price to onlv two dollar* per year.—Messrs. Allen A Co. have just started a' paperforyoung folks called Ora Yol\o Pouts' Illcs-tbatsd Parts. It is published semi-monthly—-suhscriptios price one dollar per rear. It isvery handsomely illot’rated with appropria'een-graving*, and cannot fail to interest and 'bene-fit all the boys and girls, and the old folks, too.who have preserved young hearts in ihelrl>rc<stt

Messrs. Alton k Co. hareiust moved into theirnew publishing house, which thev- hare ouiltduring the past summer It itaa elegant <:ruet-ure of brick, grsnite snd freestone trimmings.—All the fittings insidesre superb The first sto-ry is used for storage room and here mar beseen, any lime, tons upoa tons of paper, wailingfor the printing presses. The second store is thepress-room, where, on an average, one hundredthousand papers per day are printed and foldedThe folding is done bv machines, each machinefolding sixty papers per minute. The third to-rv i the mailing deportment, and included inthe furnishing of this room, are ihirtv to ts , ftype, which is required for printing the n vintsof subscribers on the papers. The aauu-s of sub-scribers are printed on the paper* at the r. 'e ofsixtv per minute, hv wondcrfsl little machines. |The fourth and fifth stories are devoted to thecompositors' department mV the hu*ine< andprivate office* of the establishment, which arcfine*?up add tarnished with the greatest elegance 'The sisth story is devoted to an •Iretrolyp •\>xin- 1•fry and a department for folding pnmpu'etscirculars, Ac.. Ac. The entire building is warmedby steam and pure water run* to ererv depart-ment and room. The eost of the building ex-ceeds one hundred thousand dollars, and is a 1standing witness to the energy of the emerpris- 'ing publishers. W# congratulate Measts AlienA Co. on their great success, and a* long as their Jlibera! prices are continued, snd their publica-tions kept up to thsir present standard of merit,may their prosperity continue, ami constantlyincrease.—Mains Fanner,

Alexia.—Alexis. the Russian GrindI Duke, now on hi* way to America. ia thefourth born, but third surviving son ofthe prcacut Russian Kmperor. and ia inhi* 22d year. The Imperial family con-*iaa now of fire sons and but one daugh-ter. It ia descended from Michil Roman-off, elected Cxar in 1613, in. the femaleline, and in the male line from Duke KarlFrederick of HoNtein-Gottorp. who mar-ried Anne, daughter of Peter I

Peter was succeeded by hi* second wife,Catharine, the daughter of a Livonianpeasant and her successor was Peter 11.grandson of the elder brother of Peter I.with whom the male line of the Romanoff*terminated in the year I73i>. The nextthree sovereigns, Anne. Iran Iff. ami Eli-sabeth, of the female line of Romanoff,formed a transition from the native to Ger-man rolera of the Kinpire, whose reigncommenced with the accession of Peter111. of the house of Holstein-Gotlorp Itwill thus be seen that it is a gross mistaketo speak of the present dynasty of Russiaas the Romanoff; it is in fact that of Ilol-stcin-Gottorn. the former dynasty havingterminated, both in the male and femaleline, on the accvision of the sovereign lastnamed, in 1762. All the subsequent Em-perors allied themselves with German fam-ilies. thns causing the house gradual Ir tobecome completely Teutonic in blood oswell as in origin. The title of Kmperorwas first adopted in the year 17til bv Peterthe First, better known as Peter the Groat.

Our visitor was created Colonel of theGkatherinenbonrg regiment of infantry athis birth by the Kmperor Nicholas, whodied in March 2. ISon, when the presentF.mperor succeeded him. Alexis, six years

| old. was present at the coronation of hisI father. The youthful prince was educated

j at St. Petersburg by Madame dc Bernard,i a French lady, and" Fraulein Julitbshof.! daughter of a Con Hand nobleman—after-I wards by Professors Turganoff and Von-I Stein. He became a fine scholar and lin-guist. He was taught English by aScotch gentleman named Gordon.

Atjthe age of twelve he accompanied hisuncle, the Grand Duke Constantine. GrandAdmiral of the Knssian Navy, on a voy-age of inspection to Sveaborg, a strong ifortress in the Gulf of Finland, during 'which he had to experience the dangers iofa terrrifie storm ofseveral boors' dura-1tion. The turbulent waves appeared to |fascinate him. for no amount of persuasion Iwas found able to induce him to retire to 'his •talc-room. He preferred remaning lon deck, watching the grand sight beforehim. and there be stack till the storm hadabated. The life of a sailor bad become•o attractive to him that, on returning toS. Petersburg, he anxiously besought his Ifather to permit his entering the' naval

His rsgusut. after asrto delay, was ae>ended Is. sad ia the rapacity of a subor-dinate (Sew aiIks wavy, ha now visits

’•Cora bread ?** said sa Irish waiter; •“we haven't r>t it. Aa isa'k k cara baftfwimauar !

Mw Wtvz.—Thomas Jeffersonwrolo (be following creel lent adviceThere is z great deal ofkoman nature andgood sense in it;

“HsrmT •• the mint—l ia?c 5* thevery first object to he aimed at. Nothingcan preserve affections uninterrupted buta firm resolution never to differ in will,ami a determination in each to ewesiderthe love of the other av of mote valor thanany olijeet whatever on which the wishbad he.-n fixed, (low light, in fact. ithesacrifice of anv other wish when weighedagainst the affections of one with whom weare to pass onr whole lift? And thoughopposition iw a single instance will hardlyof itself produce alienation, yet every onehas His pooch into which all these'littleoppositions are put; while that is filling,the alienation is insensibly going on. andwhen filled it is complete. It would puz-zle either U> zay why ; because no one dif-ference of opinion has been marked enoughto produce a serious effect by itself. Buthe finds his affections wearied out by aconstant stream of little cheeks and obsta-cle*. Other sources of discontent, verycommon indeed, are the little cross-pnrpo-scs of husband and wife, in common con-versation, a disposition in either to criti-cise and question whatever the other says,a desire always to demonstrate and makehim feel himself in the wrong, especiallyin sympathy Nothing is so goading.—Much belter, therefore, if our companionviews a thing in a light different fromwhat we do. to leave him in quiet posses-sion ofhis view. What is the nse of rec-tifying him if the thing be unimportant ;

and if important, let it pass for the pres-ent. and wait for a softer moment andmore conciliatory occasion of revising thesubject together. It is wonderful howmany persona are rendered unhappy byinattention to these little rules of pru-dence.”

Ax Item eoe Bots.—lt is not necessa-ry that s boy who learns a trade is com-pelled to follow it all his life. GovernorPalmer of Illinois, was z country black-smith once and began his political careeras a constable in Macoupin county. Acircuit judge in the central part of Illinoistv.is once a tailor. Thomas Hoyne. a richand eminent lawyer of Illinois, was once ,a

I. *ok-binJcr. Erastus Corning, of New\ ork. too lame to do hard labor, com-menced as a shop-boy in Albany. Whenhe applied for employment first he wasasked : “Why, my little hoy. what canyou do?” “Can do what lam bid.” w,i

the answer. That secured hint a place.Senator Wilson. <f Massachusetts. w.i ashoemaker. Thurlow Weed a canal-Lntdriver. Ex-Governor Stone, of lowa. wi

a cabinet m:>ker. which trade the late H<>nStephen A. Dougins also worked at in hisyouth. Large numbers ofprominent menntr living have arisen from Innnble life'.>y dint of industry, without wliich talentis a a* s gold coin on a barronisland. Work alone makes men brightawl it does not alone depend on the kin 1of w >rk you have to do whether von riseor not. It depends on how you do it.

W astr Paper —Few liousi-kccpers arcaware of the many use* to which waste paper mav be pul. After a stove has beenblackened, it can he kept looking very wellfor a long time by rubbing it with palterevery morning. Rubbing with paper is amuch nicer way of keeping the outside ofa tea-kettle, coffee-pot and ten-pol brightand clean, than the old wav ot wa>hingthem in sud*. Rubbing with paper is aIothe lies! way of polishing knives and tin-ware after scouring. This sav<*s wettingthe ktrifr- h-indles. Ifa little flour is heldon the paper in nibbing tin-ware and-poons they shine like new silver. Forpolishing mirrors, windows, lamp-chim-neys. etc., paper is better than dry clothPreserve* and pickles keep much better ifbrown paper, instead of clolh, f* tied overthe jar. Canned fruit is not so apt tomould if a piece of writing paper, cut tofit the can, is laid directly otr the frffit.—Taper is much better to put under a car-pet than straw. It is warmer, thinner,and make* less noise when one Walks overit. Two thicknesses of paper placed be-tween other coverings on a bed are as warmas a quilt Ifit rs necessary to step upona chair, always lay a paper on it and thussave the paint or wood-work from damage

Won.o Yorn Loss nr Felt. —Live forsome purpose in the world Always actyour part well. Fill up the impure ofduty to ntln'rs. Conduct rours*!vcs tothat yon shall be mi**ed with sorrow whenyou are gone. Multitudes of our speciesare living in such a manner that they arcnot likely to be remembered after fheiidisappearance. They leave behind themscarcely any tracks of their existence, andare forgotten almost ss though thev hadnerer been. They are, while they livelike some pebble lying unobserved amonga million on the shore; and wlien they

•he. they arc like that same pebble throwninto the sea. which just ruffles the surface,sinks, and is forever forgotten, withoutbeing n*i**ed from the beach. They *reneither regretted by the rich, mournedby the poor, nor celebrated by fhs learn-ed. Who has been the better for theirlife? Who has been the worse for theirdeath? Whose wairts supplied ? Whosemisery have they healed? Who wouldunbar the pate of life to re-admit themto existence? Ur what face would greetthem back again to our world with a smile?W retched unproductive existence I Sel-fishness is its own curse; it it a starvingvice. The man who docs no good get*none. He is like the heath in the desert,neither yielding fruit nor Bering whengood cometh. a stunted, dwarfish misera-ble shrub.

&W Heaven help the man who ima-j gines that he can dodge enemies by trv-!•? to please everybody ! If such an iu-| dividual ever succeeded, we should be! gld of it—-not that one should be going

through the world trying to find beams toknock and thump against, disputing everyman's opinion, fighting and elbowing, andcrowding all who differ from him. Thatagain is another extreme. Other peopleh*ee their opinions ;so have you. Don'tfin# into tbc error of supposing they willrespect yo* more for turning your coatevery day to match the color of theirsWear your own clothes, in spite of windand weather, storm snd sunshine. Itcoots the •srrrwilute snd vacillating tentimes the trouble to wind and shuffle andtwist than honest, manly independence to

| stand its givnui

EatxnrtTK in Brazil —The Bra-zilian Minister. Mr. C. Uorprs, is in re-ceipt of the act of emancipation of slavesin Brazil. Article first is as follows:—•The chi Wren of the slave women whoshall he bom in (he Empire after lh daleof this law aball be considered of free con-dition. This is the fundamental principleof the Emancipation act. which weul intoeffect on thw 7**th of iVptcaibcr. Theslave population will also acquire nianv

rights. looking to the gradual alusbtion ofslavery llirou'hoat the Empire Theywill now have the right to hold property,ami enjoy certain privileges ofcitizenship.The act also emancipated the slave* ownedby the Government and Crown. Furtherprovision is made for the emancipation ofslaves owned by parties who dio withoutmaking wills, or who have no immediate ¦heirs. It is estimated that the entireslave population will he freed by this meas-ure iw about twenty-five years. The feel-ing of the people is against ita continu-ance. while the owners, who naturally areopposed to depriving themselves of a por-tion of their estate, only favor gradualemancipation. The religious orders havealready commenced immediate emancipa-tion. Willi this class, however, the freed-men will Se retained and compensated fortheir labor. In oilier instances planterswill allow their slaves a certain compen-sation for their services, which, under theact, will become their personal property,and be counted in thu price of the finalliberation. The slave population of theEmpire is between two million nod fivehundred thousand.

Aces or Oystzm.—An old <n Mermancan tell the age of his bivalves with greatprecision. Those who are familiar with

|an oystershell must hare observed that it| seemed composed of successive layers ori plates overlapping each other. These aretechnically termed ••shoots,” and each- ofthose marks a year's growth, so that bycounting them wo can determine at a glancethe rear when the creature came into theworld. Up to the epoch of its maturity,

; from five to seven years old, when theyare in perfection, the shoots are regularand successive; but after that time theybecome irregular, and are piled one overthe other, so that the shell liecomes moreand more thickened and bulky. Amongfossil oysters specimens ire found occa-sionally of enormous thickness ; and theamount of time that has passed betweenflie deposition of the !*cd of rock in whichsuch an example occurs, and tha*. whichoverlies it. might be calculated from closeobservation of the shape and number oflayers of calcareous matter composing anextinct oyster shell. In some ancient for-mation. stratum above stratum of extin-guished oysters may he seen, each bedconsisting of full-grown and aged indi-viduals. Judging troiu the greatness toto which some oyster shells have attained,this niolliisk is capable, if left to its na-tural changes and unmolested, of attain-ing a patriarchal longevity.

llaon't Fonoor Ilia Promise. —TheKennebec .Journal says : An old farm- r jin the vicinity of Augusta. Maine, some jtwenty years ago, after concluding a“trade for a large hill of goods with an jAugiifa dealer in furniture, as lie was ¦about to drive off. hailed the furnituredealer with. “Ifyou will throw in a look-ing-glass f w ill bring you down a barrel•if nice apples " The mirror was “thrownin" and this was the last seen of the farm- ,er. nntil a few data store, when an aped ifarmer hacked his “apple earl’’ up to the 'side-walk opposite the furniture store, nowoccupied by sons of the former owner,

opened the door and shouted, “Here'syer apples!” Thv surprise of the sonsWas great, hut the father, who was pres-ent. remein)>ered the circumstance of thetrade, and heartily greeted his old ac-quaintance. who. after a lapse of twentyyears, had not forgotten his promise.

BAL TIMOR A; ,V. 4 RKE TS.WHEAT lle<-ei|its have heen lightthis wrek

comparatively, and (he market ha* through-out been firm, with rather an advancing ten-dener, and it close* strong for all descriptions,but particularly for the better grades. Sales toThursday, inclusive, add up 45.0<K> bushels, viz:IO.OOS Ohio and Indiana red at from 155 to 150rents 2 000 Michigan and Indiana “Hill" do.at 162(5f 168 cent*. IC.OOO IVnt Irani* do. at157 real* for ordinary and 150(*.14 cvnt* forprim-. 10.000 Maryland do. at 140t.150 centsfor ordinary to lair. 155t0 157 cvnt* for good toprime 10,000 do. amber at from 170 to 180cent*, the bulk at 175 cents, and 3.)>00d0 whiteat from 155 to 190 cent*, the latter for vervchoice.

F- e report sales thia week of some j1.200 bushels at from 90 to 98 <ent*. the bulk at '91 f* 95 cent*, and we <|uote good to prime a* jclosing at 90f 95 cents per bushel.

CORN.— For new the market ha* through theweek Utn active an 1 firm, and we report salesof some 40 000 to 50.000 bushels, the bulk atfrom *;8 to 72 cents for both white and yellow,at which figures the market closes steadv. Jsale*ofold embrace 15.000 to 18.000 bushels Westernat 72f 74 cents for mind, 74f, 75 cents forwhite, and some 10.000 do. Southern at 73<5l78 cents for white, and 70 to 75 cents for vel-low.

OATS —Receipts have heen light thi week *comparatively, and under the smaller offeringsprifes have improved. W e report sales of tome

15 • o.> hush'-'s this week at from 4C to 51 cents,prime lots closing firm at 50(<r.5t cents perbubel.

TOMATO*—For Maryland the market thiswpfk has been comparatively quirt, but r

I ground leaves of w hich the receipt* hare been| mainly composed arc still quoted at C in 9 ct* ,and some 3CO to 400 hhds. have l*-n sold n ith-in this range. In t'hio thcr is nothing d.fingThtre is very little here and hut little et to

I come forward It is however wanted, and largesales could readils be made w ere there anv up-

. ply heie of finable grade*. In Kentucky and; Virginia there has been no moemrat this week

so tar as we have heard Prices f r all dev rip-tions are maintaintd, and we quote as follows.

1 vit :

Maryland—frosted, $ 6.00<5. $ <;.5l“

Sound common, 7.oofi* 75qpoi d do, 7. Sofil P ',O

*' middling <i lo st)(

" pood to fine brown,fancy, M.Oofii 25.00npper rowntrr, s.o*>(i, 30 00** ground leases, new, .00(S| 5 <.o

fifASD.—F#r fJuano and Fertilizers pen-erally the market continue? estreitselv dull, andprice* are without change. For Peruvian tiu-ano the agents prices for lis of V> tons orwore are s*l7.V) for Tfitncha Island, and s*'.ofor Cuanape per ton. gold, and So 2of eachhind 10 per ton less, also go'd. For Phos-phates and manufactured Fertilizers SSO per tonis the general pries.

TV OTITE TO TRESPASSERS.—AM permn*“• •O’ '"rewarned against trespassing withdog or gun. or in any other meaner, on mvfarms located m St. inicoe s district. Againstall such parties the law will le rtgidlv enforced.

„ E. Dt MB.kH.so. 1, ini_;w.

ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTIC*.Orphan>' W - Awrf Cvwn.'y, c. - .•

Sot is, I*:i.

OnnF.rKD by tiifcornr. n*t Am rfbwldtae admrt. (4 Hiscoe IVirMitr,

late of St Skit'i rtrtinir. Mart Uud,|i>t the notice W|iM lit law to the drrewaledx rrrditoii to exhibit their claim*. uJ thatthe l< published oner a week for hi ittc_-

ceaaixc txrek* m the St Marr‘* IhirM.Trt:

Jm T M Rtur,Kegi*!.-f Will*for St Mary* county,

Kt*rrit.In purtaanee of the ahore order. | heref.

fitr notice that I hare obtained from the oZphaus' I’ourt o St. Marys county. Mart law)letter*ofadministration oa the [trwiulestateofB *coa Übesebline, Ulrufsaid runt, deceasedAll person* having claim* against the aaid Jjiratd arthrirl'T nuliW to exnit.it thr , n ,• ilh the proper -oucher* attached thereinti>e •wlwcrilwr. on or before the 21st.). „t Mae.IS.t. they will otherwise by Uw be eirludtdfrom the i*eneiu of the aaid relate. Al! prrwiißiadeoted U tlir deceased are —pirflsj to iaVauurovdi-tr pat meal to the aubeerihar \

ANN U CMCSKUHNK,No. 1.,

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CO NFIUMATIOXNO TICK.KoVi C C>auhe MJaa S Downs

tre.

Ftani-laus Clarke& otbrrs *

1 0 iherircwiiOourtforSi Mart ’Caqairaittipfa a Coart ofKauite

No. IdI NK.OHDRHI'.D.this IMh day of Nor. IP7r,

that thr Auditor* report, iha dayfiled in this cause, be ratified confirms 1tinlaa-cautr Imhe contrary he.-ho*n tBc

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rbefore tha 2nd Monday’of |ar. aeti •

provided a copy olihi*.>r.lerbe puldiabvjin the St Mare’ Brweaa.onre a wtk (orthree successive week* prior to the said2ud Monday ol iKcemler

JNOACAM AId EK. n’k.’true copy—Ten:

JX°. A 'JAM Al.IRE, Ci’k,Xo 18. 1871— 3w.

COURT MKKTIXG.

There will be a meeting of the Or.phans’(,’oMrt on TUESDAY next, the2ltd instant.

JTM RAI.KV.Register.

Nor 10. /STl—tJ.

FtR foUNTY l’lFP.K.Editor RftiCon—Please annnun-t .1 Fit VN'K

E"l:, Esq., ns a candidate for flora of Cir-

cuit Court ind obligeNot In, 1871. M.im Friends.

THE COCXTRY GEN7LKM.W.

vott Jit roK I*7;

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Oum Cmwn B straw. Several patrowsef our paper bam coteptninnd, that. Inmaking up our county returns on Thurs-day last, ue neglected to designate thepolitical complexion of the diflrrent can-

| didst c* who wear rnted for at the lateelect ton. The omission in question waa

* purely accidental on our part and wc

| therefore hasten to gratify our oomplain-' iag friends by Ac appropriate pa>

description to each man's namnFor tie Smote.

James 5. Down*. Decs. Norn. 1931For the LeyieLthme,

K. Johnson Colton. lad. Dm. 1753John A Dunbar, fad. Dona. 1471Lewis H. Leigh. Dem. Nona. 1159Tboteas Martin. Dam. Bom. 1142

For State • Attorney.J. Parran Crane. Ind Dem. 1603Jaa. T. Blakistona, Dens. Bom. 1260Wm. I. Blakirtone, Republican. 18

For Sheri/.Rennet R. Abell. Dem. Bom. 1463Joseph B. Daria. Republican, 1342P. M. Goddard, Ind. Dam. 66

For the Orphans' Court,h. H. Canter, Dem. Bom. 1838A. J. Spalding. Dem.. Bom. 1519Z. H. Tippett. Republican, 1416Randolph Jones. Republican, 1398Jaa. T. Tates, Dem. Bom. 1395

For County Commiuiemr.John B. Abell. Ind. Dem. 1581Thos. M. Shad rick. Ind. Dem. 1570John Parsons, Ind. Dem. 1518A. C. Tennisson, Tnd. Dem. 1419A. A. Lawrence. Republican, 1411Jaa. T. Duke, Dem. Bom. 1175Ign. E. Matringley, Dem. Bom. 1170J. J. Redmond, Dam. Bom. 1134John Dillahay, Dem. Bom. 1130Wm. B. Boon, Dem. Bom. 1027

For County Surveyor.Geo. B. Dent, Dem. Bout. 2730

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Martlanu Elrction Returns—Wegive below a tabular statement of the re-

turns of the election held in Maryland forState officer* on Tuesday, the 7th of No-vember, instant. It will be seen that thereturns from one county arc still incom-plete. but it is unofficially known that thedemocratic majority (15.111) will be in-creased by the fullrote of Prince George's

f governor.

contrite. 1871 .

Whvte. ! T>me.D. C. I Rep.

Allegany, 2 711 j 2.511Anne Arundel, 2.7‘W 1 2.40?Baltimore City, 22.870 j 14.762Balt inert County, 5.2"0 j 3.054Calvert, 1.073 ] 908Carol ins, 1.271 | 1.203Carroll. 2.858 | 2 588Caeil, 2 536 ! 2.670Charles. 1.575 1 1.400Doreheater, 2.039 j 1.766Frederick, 4.671 1 5.068Harford, 2.553 1.891Howard. 1.497 1.158Kent. 1.18)7 . 1.698Montgomery. ma 350Prince George'*, ? 2 072 2 005Qneen Anne's, 2.046 f 1.698St Mary’*, 1.512 1.404Somerset, 1.751 1.641Talbot, 1.708 1 560Washington, 3.740 3.652Wicomico. 1.680 1.006Worcester. 1.504 728

Total. .71.839 56,72856.728

Majority. 15.111* Incomplete returns.

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[CoMUI'MCATRO.St. Tnl-joos". >

Nov. 13th, 1871. }Mr. Frfifor :—ln looking over yoor pa-

per of last week. I noticed that there hadbeen a challenge offered to any die Knightsof the county. I never authorised anvone to pat my name to it. Yon willpleasa withdraw it, and oblige

J. F. SMITH.